Vaccines History
A polysaccharide vaccine, this product was the first licensed pneumococcal vaccine.
What is Pneumovax? (First released with 14 strains, then expanded to 23)
The body of water that is featured in the movie Sully, this river starts in the Adirondacks and empties in the New York Harbor.
What is the Hudson River?
The word "vaccine" got its name from the Latin word for this animal. It was used to develop the first successful vaccine to manage smallpox by Edward Jenner in 1796.
What is a cow?
The most populated borough in New York City
What is Brooklyn?
This is the series of medical references published by Merck that covers disorders, drugs, and other medical information
What are the Merck Manuals?
This NYC neighborhood is home to the National Jazz Museum and considered the epicenter for jazz music in the early 20th century.
What is Harlem?
This is a feature in botany when leaves are multi-patterned or multi-colored. Often seen in hostas or monsteras.
What is variegated?
This is the name of the strain that Maurice Hilleman swabbed from his own daughter's throat in 1963 when she had mumps, and is still a component in MMRII today.
What is the Jeryl Lynn Strain?
Stand clear of the closing doors please! Take this NYC subway line and you can catch a concert at Forest Hills, a hotdog at the boardwalk, and karaoke with Chris in K-town by Herald Square
What is the F train?